SP Newsletter No.269
As the economic downturn gets worse, thousands of workers are losing their jobs or being forced to cut their hours. Big business is trying to make ordinary people pay for the crisis through unemployment and pay cuts. But one of the best ways to fight unemployment is to fight for shorter hours with [...]

In June 2003, the then Gallop State Labor Government in Western Australia passed an Act of Parliament to evict the Aboriginal people living in their homes at the Swan Valley Nyungah Community in Lockeridge Perth.
By Neil Gray, Socialist Party Perth

The Socialist Party has launched an exciting new campaign to turn the Fitzroy Town Hall into a centre for the arts, music and culture in the City of Yarra (Melbourne).
By Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party Councillor City of Yarra

The Victorian government’s plan to build one of the biggest desalination plants in the world, in South Gippsland, appears at face value a solution to Victoria’s water crisis. Although it’s despite Labor’s election mandate of 2006 to outright reject the desalination plant.
By Kylie McGregor, Socialist Party

Up until very recently the presumption of innocence was an integral part of the justice system in New South Wales (NSW). This situation has changed with the introduction of the Criminal Organisations Control Bill, also known as the anti-bikie laws.
By Ger Hughes, Socialist Party Sydney

Time for a political alternative to Labor
When addressing the ACTU congress this week, Deputy PM and Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard made it clear where her government’s allegiances lie.
By Anthony Main, Socialist Party

SP Newsletter No.265
18 months since the heady days of the election victory and mired in a recession, the Rudd Labor government has lost its gloss.

In late April, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that young people and school leavers would be the first to face welfare cuts. Under the plan, set to come into effect in July, young people aged 16 to 20 without a year 12 qualification will need to be in either education or training if they are [...]

The outbreak of Influenza A H1N1, know as the Swine Flu, has in the last few months resulted in frenzied panic the world over.
By Denise Dudley, Socialist Party

After almost three months the West Gate Bridge dispute in Melbourne has ended. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) negotiated a settlement with construction company John Holland after weeks of mediation.
By Mel Gregson, Socialist Party Melbourne